Improved apparatus for carbureting air



I M. J. A. MIL'LE.

I Carbonizing. Air. NO- 49,596. Patented Aug. 22,1865.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARIN JOSEPH ALPHONSE MILLE, OF PARIS, FRANCE, ASSIGNOR TO H. A. G. DUVERGIER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR CARBURETING AIR.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 49,596, dated August22, 1865.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARIN JOSEPH AL- PHONSE MILLE, of Paris, in theEmpire of France, have invented a new and Improved Apparatus for(Jarbonizing Air; andl do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 represents a side elevation of this invention. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical central section ofthe same, the line or at, Fig. 2, indicating the plane of section. Fig.4 is a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention consists in an apparatus for carbonizing air, composed ofa series of drums placed one above the other and communicating with eachother by means of a series of pipes, in combination with a suitableair-supply pipe and with a discharge-pipe in such a manner that when thedrums are filled with sponge, felt, or other absorbent materialsaturated with benzine or other hydrocarbon liqaid, or acombination ofhydrocarbon and other volatile liquids, and atmospheric air is admittedor forced in through the supply-pipe,

said air in passing through the apparatus is saturated with hydrocarbonvapors, and on being drawn from the apparatus through thedischargepipeitis fit for illuminating and heating purposes.

A A A represent a series of hollow drums of cylindrical or otherdesirable form, made of sheet metal or any other suitable material.These drums are arranged one above the other, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3of the drawings, and

they communicate with each other by means of vertical pipes a, as shownin Fig. 3. Said drums are intended to be filled with sponge, felt, orother absorbent material, which is saturated with benzine, naphtha,caniphene, or other volatile hydrocarbon liquid, or a compound may beused of benzine, cainphor, and ether. This liquid or compound isintroduced through spouts or pipes b in the upper drum, and said drum isalso provided with an air-supply pipe, c, through which air is forcedinto the apparatus by a force-pump, fan-blower, or any other suitablemechanical device. This air in passing through the material saturatedwith volatile hydrocarbon liquid takes up a quantity of hydrocarbonvapor, and on leaving the apparatus through the discharge-pipe (I saidair is fit to be used for illuminating or heating purposes. Each of thedrums is provided with a large opening, f, in its circu inference. thtough which theinterior of the same may be observed. Said openings maybe covered by panes of glass, and also closed by screw-caps,it' desired.Small cocks g serve to draw off the surplus liquid from the drums, orthat portion of the liquid which is not absorbed bythe sponge or othermaterial in their interior.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent An apparatus forcarbonizing air, composed of a series of drums, A A A, which are filledwith some absorbent material and made to corn munieate with each otherby suitable pipes, in combination with an air-supply and gas-dischargepipe, eonstructed and operating substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

MILLE.

Witnesses:

E. SHERMAN GOULD, DUHAM.

